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Good morning Luis
it has been windy and rainy here since late last night
winds are around 16 MPH with much higher gusts. The airport recorded gusts of 33 MPH.
the rain is coming in short squalls. So far only about a 1/2 inch has fallen in my yard.
Right now the sky is gray. no rain, and very windy.
Nothing we can't handle.

Our short-lived sunshine just disappeared. Watching the radar, these showers are really moving fast! But then the wave is moving almost 25kts!! If we're getting this now, I image this afternoon/tonight will be exactly as described.

I just took the potted plants off the balcony banister, so they don't blow down. At 1000 ft, will probably have some good gusts up here.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...A TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTHOF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. AS ARESULT...CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSSTHE ISLANDS AND WILL BE OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO CAUSE LOCALFLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. IN ADDITION...STRONGWINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND MUDSLIDES COULD BE A THREATONCE THE GROUND BECOMES SATURATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BEEXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OFSMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

OBSERVERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN.

Above is the Hazardous outlook.

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Is this the wave that everyone was talking about earlier that was very impressive looking?

Shelley

Yes,a few days ago this wave looked impressive but with time as it moved westward increasing shear did not let it organize.In fact since June 4 I posted here a discussion from the San Juan NWS in which they were talking about this wave for June 12 in the area as the GFS model despicted it at that time,and really GFS nailed this wave passage with only one day off which is remarkable.

But there are a couple of waves eastward that look good now.

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* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO...EASTERN PUERTO RICO...NORTHERN PUERTO RICO...SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO...WESTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTHEAST...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES IN NORTHERN PUERTO RICO...NORTH CENTRAL AND SAN JUAN AND VICINITY IN SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO...PONCE AND VICINITY IN WESTERN PUERTO RICO... MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. IN SUMMARY ALL OF PUERTO RICO CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* AN ENERGETIC TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AND COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT CAN QUICKLY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVYRAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOUARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEPINFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVEDOR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU MAY CONSIDERPARKING YOUR VEHICLE ON HIGHER GROUND TO BE SAFE FROM FLOODING.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THEPOSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BECAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THEHEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOURCABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLEWARNINGS.